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• Received-Pronunciation: ŭʹ-pər
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌpə/
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• General-American: /ˈʌpɚ/
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• Northern-England: /ˈʊpə/
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• rhymes with -ʌpə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: AH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Arabic: عُلْيَا (ʕulyā) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Arabic: أعلى (ʔaʕla) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Armenian: վերին (verin) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Azerbaijani: yuxarı — at a higher level, rank or position
• Belarusian: ве́рхні (vjérxni) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Bulgarian: го́рен (góren) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Bulgarian: по́-го́рен (pó-góren) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Catalan: superior — at a higher level, rank or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 上的 (shàng de) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 上邊的 /上边的 (shàngbiān de) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Czech: horní — at a higher level, rank or position
• Czech: vrchní — at a higher level, rank or position
• Evenki: угу (ugu) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Finnish: ylempi — at a higher level, rank or position
• Finnish: korkeampi — at a higher level, rank or position
• French: supérieur — at a higher level, rank or position
• Galician: superior — at a higher level, rank or position
• Georgian: ზედა (zeda) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Georgian: ზემო (zemo) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Georgian: ზემოთა (zemota) — at a higher level, rank or position
• German: oberer — at a higher level, rank or position
• Ancient Greek: ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Hebrew: עֶלְיוֹן ('elyón) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Hungarian: felső — at a higher level, rank or position
• Italian: superiore — at a higher level, rank or position
• Japanese: 上の (ue no) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Korean: 위의 (wiui) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Latin: superus — at a higher level, rank or position
• Macedonian: горен (goren) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Macedonian: погорен (pogoren) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ (dergi) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Mongolian: дээд (deed) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Nanai: увуй (uwuj) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Persian: بالاتر (bâlâtar) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Polish: górny — at a higher level, rank or position
• Polish: wierzchni — at a higher level, rank or position
• Portuguese: superior — at a higher level, rank or position
• Portuguese: acima — at a higher level, rank or position
• Portuguese: de cima — at a higher level, rank or position
• Quechua: hanan — at a higher level, rank or position
• Quechua: hanaq — at a higher level, rank or position
• Russian: ве́рхний (vérxnij) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Sanskrit: उत्तर (uttara) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Scots: buiner — at a higher level, rank or position
• Serbo-Croatian: го̑рњӣ — at a higher level, rank or position
• Serbo-Croatian: gȏrnjī — at a higher level, rank or position
• Slovak: horný — at a higher level, rank or position
• Slovak: vrchný — at a higher level, rank or position
• Slovene: gornji — at a higher level, rank or position
• Spanish: superior — at a higher level, rank or position
• Swedish: övre — at a higher level, rank or position
• Ottoman Turkish: اوست (üst) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Ukrainian: ве́рхній (vérxnij) — at a higher level, rank or position
• Arabic: عُلْوِيّ (ʕulwiyy) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Arabic: فَوْقَانِيّ (fawqāniyy) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Arabic: فوقاني (fōgāni) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Armenian: վերին (verin) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Azerbaijani: yuxarı — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Bulgarian: горен (goren) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Danish: øvre — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Egyptian: Hr:r-y:N1 (ḥrj) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Esperanto: supra — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Finnish: ylempi — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Finnish: kaukaisempi — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Finnish: pohjoisempi — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• German: ober — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Hungarian: felső — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Norwegian: øvre — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Persian: بالاتر (bâlâtar) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Russian: ве́рхний (vérxnij) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Spanish: superior — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Spanish: de arriba (más) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Swedish: övre — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Ottoman Turkish: اوست (üst) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı) — situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly
• Armenian: վերին (verin) — of a later division of some period
• Catalan: alt — of a later division of some period
• Catalan: superior — of a later division of some period
• Finnish: myöhempi — of a later division of some period
• Russian: по́здний (pózdnij) — of a later division of some period
• Finnish: ylä- — secondary; as of school
• Swedish: gymnasial — secondary; as of school
• Bulgarian: горница (gornica) — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Catalan: empenya — the part of a shoe above the sole
• French: empeigne — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Galician: empeña — the part of a shoe above the sole
• German: Oberleder — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Irish: uachtar — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Māori: ngawhewhe — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Polish: cholewka — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Spanish: empeine — the part of a shoe above the sole
• Swedish: ovanläder — the part of a shoe above the sole
• German: Upper — stimulant
• Māori: (pūroi) haupiki — stimulant
• Swedish: uppåttjack — stimulant